Anthologies, Novellas, and Novels

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Asphalt Gods, and Other Pagan Urban Fantasy Tales (Asphodel Press). Contains fifteen fantasy stories set in a variety of urban settings, from Ancient Greece to the modern United States. Stories included are “After the Storm,” “Aoroi,” “The Arte of Fire,” “Asphalt Gods,” “At the Wedding,” “Beloved of Ra-Atum,” “The First Law,” “For Hire: Sex Wizard,” “The Fountain,” “The Haunting of Vipsania Licinia,” “The Kiev Job,” “The Lose Alchemage,” “Moon-Mad,” “Roll Call,” and “Sidewalk Sorcery.” Available in print and digital editions through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Lulu, with more platforms to come.

 

Dame Evergreen and Other Poems of Myth, Magic, and Madness (Sycorax Press). Contains forty poems based on world mythology, fairy tales, and folklore, many original to this volume. [Currently out of print. A second edition will be available soon.]

The Fox and the Rose, and Other Pagan Faerie Tales (Asphodel Press). Contains “Aeta and Meha,” “Aura and the Three Bears,” “Brother and Sister,” “Charra and the Hunter’s Moon,” “Eirawen and the Seven,” “The Fires of Calton Hill,” “The Fox and the Rose,” “The Good Wife,” “The Meadow in the Woods, Midwinter’s Night,” “The Tower in the Meadow in the Woods,” “Kasherah,” “The Knife in the Water,” “Melea and the Boar,” “The One-Eyed Crow,” “Onn and the Nine Holy Women,” “The Phantom Stallion,” “The Piper of Rats,” “The Shadow on the Moon,” “Sigurth and the Rose of Flame,” and “Sirena.” Available immediately from Asphodel Press via Lulu in both print and ePub and .pdf formats; in paperback from Amazon; and from  Barnes and Noble;  and will soon be available in more formats from other book sellers.

Not a Princess But (Yes) There Was a Pea and Other Fairy Tales to Foment Revolution (Jackanapes Press). Contains “Beware the Goose Mother,” “After the Kiss,” “The Ashes of Her Feet,” “As the Mirror Sees It,” “The Bone Tree,” “The Cobblers,” “Consequences,” “the dark above,” “The Daughters of the King,” “Enchanted Forest News,” “The Flower Bride,” “the frog,” “The Giant’s Widow,” “Gold,” “The Green Knight,” “Into the Woods,” “Jack and the Four Giants,” “The Last Wife,” “Matches,” “Not a Princess But (Yes) There Was a Pea,” “Pigs and Wolves,” “The Secret of the Cat’s Success; or, Lying Is Easy, Just Tell Them What They Want to Hear,” “Seven,” “The Sisters and the Knife,” “the slippers,” “Spindles,” “The Spinner of Wonderful Things,” “Swans’ Song,” “A Tale Told in Five Voices, or The Twelve Dancing Princesses Retold,” “There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe: An Analysis with ‘Questions'”; “we, the dancers,” “The Witch in the Woods,” “The Witch, To Her Daughter Rapunzel,” “The Wolf’s Tale.” Please note that this poetry collection does come with a content warning. Take it seriously. Currently available through Jackanapes Press and Barnes and Noble and Amazon.

The Secret of the Sunken Temple (Sigil House Productions) is an occult romance adventure featuring a shy archaeologist and a globe-trotting adventurer (who is also secretly a devotee of Apollo). Lost treasure, narrow escapes, derring-do, and Nazis (who get their just desserts, of course). This is an M/M romance, fade to black. Cover art by Paula Arwen Owen. [Content warning: cussing, Nazis, and harm to animals.] Available through Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and library apps such as Overdrive.

The Serpent in the Throat and Other Pagan Tales (Asphodel Press). Contains “Black Leopard,” “Crossroads,” “Hysthaany,” “Mr. West,” “Seeds,” and “The Serpent in the Throat.” Featuring gorgeous cover art by Paula Arwen Owen. Available in digital format for nook, kindle, kobo, iTunes, and GooglePlay; in print from Amazon and Barnes and Noble; and in print, .epub, and .pdf from Lulu. Cover art by Paula Arwen Owen.

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A Witch Among Wolves and Other Pagan Tales (Asphodel Press). Contains “Alexander’s Heart,” “Devourer,” “The Flower in the Dark,” “Orion: An Eco-Fable,” and “A Witch Among Wolves.” Featuring gorgeous cover art by Paula Arwen Owen. Available in digital format for nook and kindle and kobo and iTunes and Googleplay; in print from Amazon and Barnes and Noble; and in print, .epub, and .pdf from Lulu.

Oh, and the author (that’d be me) gets a higher percentage of royalties when the purchase is made directly from Asphodel Press‘s Lulu store, rather than through a third party.

Forthcoming

The Cat, The Corpse, The Cursed Ballerina: The Kahurangi Smith Tales Volume One (a collection of interlinked urban fantasy tales featuring a Maori-British mage);

North of Sun, South of Moon, and Other Pagan Myths and Faerie Tales (a collection of original and retold myths and fairy tales);

Grandmother Granddaughter Wolf, and Other Poems Fae and Fantastic (a collection of original and previously published poems based on ballads, fairy tales, and myths).